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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

First time i made this prawn Biryani,which i have adapted from Kitchen Secrets.My little one enjoyed it very much.Even hubby dear told it came out perfectly and we had it with onion raitha.Here goes the recipe..

Take a bowl,add the ingredients under marination and mix well.Marinate it for half an hour.

For Masala :

Take a pan,add both ghee and oil together. Add the cinnamon,cloves,cardamom fry for few minutes. Then goes the chopped onions and fry till they change there colour.

Then add ginger garlic paste and saute well.Add the tomatoes and cook until the tomatoes are totally cooked.Then add the turmeric powder and the marinated prawn mixture into this and saute well.Add chopped cilantro leaves and mix well. Cook this mixture until prawn is cooked well.

For Rice :

Wash and Soak the rice for 10 minutes. Then take a bottomed big vessel and fill it with 3/4 of water and boil the water.Add oil and all the garam masalas.Add the rice slowly and cook for exactly 5 minutes i.e is 3/4th cooked.Drain the water.

Take the nonstick pot and add half the prawn masala and then add the half of hot steaming rice straight after draining . Top the rice with another layer of the remaining prawn mixture and then followed by remaining hot rice.Drizzle the food colour on the top of the rice. Cover the vessel with a thick cotton cloth and seal it. Close the lid very tightly . Heat a dosa pan and place the pot on top and cook for 15 minutes. Make sure no steam escapes while cooking.. Remove the lid and by using the fork mix the rice gently without breaking it and have it.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Today i prepared this Mudda Pappu for my little one.He enjoyed it very much along with rice and ghee.I love this pappu along with mango pickle.In Andhra it is very famous and is served in festivals in every home.Here goes the recipe..

Ingredients:

Toor dal-1cupTurmeric a pinchCumin seeds-1tspOil-1/2tspHing a pinch

Preparation:

Clean the dal and pop it in pressure cooker along with hing,turmeric and oil.Cook for 3to 4 whistle.

Once pressure cool down ,add required salt and cumin seeds and smash the dal with wooden spoon.

Take bowl and mix the ingredients under marination and keep it in fridge for 4to 5hours.Once the time is done.

Heat Pan with enough oil for frying the chicken pieces.Fry the chicken pieces in batch until they turn into golden colour.Place them on kitchen towel to excess oil.

Heat a wok or pan with oil,add slit green chillies,chopped garlic and curry leaves. saute them for few mints,then goes the curd and food colour.Mix them well and then goes the fried chicken pieces.Cook till the chicken pieces completely absorbs the curd.Once it is ready,garnish with chopped coriander leaves and serve hot hot chicken 65.

Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Today i have tried and tasted this Mango Kalakand in Microwave from Priyaof Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes.It came out really delicious and every one in my home enjoyed it very much.Here goes the recipe..

Take a microwave safe bowl,add all the above ingredients expect chopped pistachios.Fold them nicely in a such way that it looks like a cream.Pop the bowl in microwave at full power for 20minutes,Stirring at every 5minutes,because it doubles in its volume.

At nearly 17 minutes,add the chopped pistachios and you will also seen the edges of the bowl and the mixture would have turned light golden colour.Once the time in done,now transfer the mixture onto a flat plate and allow it to cool.Once it cool downs cut into pieces and enjoy..

Friday, May 13, 2011

It has been a week i wrote a post.These days i am very much occupied by two kids.These days they started fighting for the same items.Even though my second one is very small but he frightens his sister very much.And from yesterday i was little afraid of my blog when i saw it was not opening.But today morning only i felt some what good after seeing that it is a problem for very one.Coming to the recipe i made onions Bajjis in a different way compare to our regular ones.I used plain flour and eggs in it,they are really very good and very soft.Here goes the recipes..

Take a small bowl,add all the above ingredients expect oil and onions and mix well.Now pour this mixture on onions rings which are kept in another bowl.Mix well.Heat a pan with enough oil for deep frying the bajjis.Drop the bajjis in batch with a spoon and fry them till both side turns into golden colour.Place them on kitchen towel to absorb excess oil.